Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. The Piano Quintet in C is a substantial and superbly written work lasting some 30 minutes. The first movement, marked Allegro con fuoco, is expansive, loquacious and filled with late romantic passion, its harmonies Brahmsian for the most part but tinged with modality in the quieter passages. The expressive romantic melody of the Andante second movement is fully characte…

Playing the recorder made easy right from the start! No previous knowledge required! Everything you need to know about the basics of music is explained in a child-friendly way, thus ensuring lasting playing fun. Rapid success will keep your child motivated. / Niveau : Débutant / Children\'s - Methods / Méthode / Flûte à Bec Soprano

Contemporary Japanese composer, Yuko Uebayashi moved to Paris in 1998. Uebayashi 's works have been met with much success in both Japan and France, Sonata for Flute and Piano being no exception. Flautist Jean Ferrandis described Uebayashi 's works as 'gems that, although they are so different, they yet belong to the same world, a world of vivacity, dreams, tenderness, humour, and one that is subtl…

1. Entrée - 2. Fugue - 3. Menuet - 4. Passepied - 5. Air - 6. Final. Par RUEFF JANINE. Concert En Quatuor by Jeanine Rueff is a piece for four Saxophones (Bb Soprano, Eb Alto, Bb Tenor, Eb Baritone). This edition features all the scores, including the conductor's. Very difficult, it is dedicated to the ; Marcel Mule Quartet. Divided into six parts and lasting 17'30 minutes, this work is really mel…

Par MARTINU BOHUSLAV. Bohuslav Martin (1890-1959) was a prolific Czech composer, writing many large scale works. The composer moved to Paris in 1923 where he began experimenting in a variety of composition styles. His String Trio was published in 1951. Martin himself was a violinist and many of his experiments in composing for solo instruments and small ensembles saw him write for his own instrume…

Simon Holt's 3rd Quartet is the third of six pieces which make up a cycle with the overall title 'Terrain'. Lasting around 23 minutes this wonderful work is arranged for String Quartet and wasco-commissioned by The Radcliffe Trust NMC Recordings Internationales Musikfestival Heidelberger Fruhling and Wigmore Hall. The premiere was performed on 19th January 2015. The six different compositions…

At just 34 years of age Théodore Dubois became a professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire. Whilst much of his compositional works have disappeared from primary classical repertoire his teaching has had a lasting influence. Having taught successful composers including Paul Dukas it is clear that Dubois' Traité D'Harmonie is well-informed. This music theory study guide covers a considera…

A Sequential Approach to Rhythm Reading-Here's a fun collection that makes rhythm reading a snap tap and a clap! This motivational classroom resource consists of over 60 rhythm drills and song rhythms beginning with the simplest patterns and progressing sequentiallyto more complex patterns. Included are 2/4 3/4 and 4/4 patterns with quarter eighth half and whole notes/rests. Syncopated rhythm…

Vocal Score-Icarus is the third collaboration between David Blake and Keith Warner: an opera lasting 90 minutes without interval for five principal singers and six Witnesses who sing as commentators crowd and chorus and sixteen instrumentalists.The action takes place in the present and concerns a journalist (mezzo) in a war-torn land who is writing an article about a hostage (tenor)-her ex-hu…

Composed between 1973 and 1976  Ainsi La Nuit for String Quartet is one of the most important works of its genre by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) a French composer following the paths of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy. Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation for the Juilliard Quartet  Ainsi La Nuitis based on a series of studies lasting 18 minutes and divided into 7 sections: 1. Nocturne …